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No. 45 Cougars Drop to Eighth After Final Round of Stanford Regional
By: Alexa Anderson, BYU Golf SID
STANFORD, Calif. — Firing a final-round team score of 292, No. 45 BYU men's golf placed eighth at the NCAA Stanford Regional held at Stanford Golf Course on Wednesday.
“It was a very rough day for the team,” BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “We lost a few balls early in the rough and just couldn't bounce back. We needed our best stuff this week and didn't get it done.”
The Cougars finished the tournament at +12, seven strokes behind seventh-place No. 41 North Florida. West Coast Conference foe No. 27 Pepperdine concluded the regional event in third place at -5 to claim a spot in the NCAA Championships. No. 4 Stanford and No. 9 Baylor tied for first place.
CJ Lee carded 67-71-75 to end the tournament at +3 through 54 holes. Lee had the best finish of any Cougar, tying for 22nd place. The junior birdied the 16th hole on Wednesday for his lone birdie of the day.
Peter Kuest fired a third-round 73 to finish one stroke behind Lee at +4. Kuest, who led BYU with a 69 on Tuesday, tied for 26th place. Like Kuest, sophomore Spencer Dunaway shot +3 (73) on the par-70 Stanford Golf Course in the third round of competition. Dunaway finished the tournament at +4 through 54 holes to claim a 33rd-place individual finish.
Patrick Fishburn led the Cougars in the first round, firing a -3 67. Fishburn then carded 72-77 on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The junior tied for 38th place and shot +6 for the event.
Rhett Rasmussen carded his lowest round of the tournament on Wednesday, shooting +1. Rasmussen also fired the lowest third-round score of any BYU golfer. The freshman, whose lone birdie came on the par-3 eighth hole, tied for 53rd place overall.
The teams with the lowest five total scores will continue postseason play at the NCAA Championships held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. No. 4 Stanford, No. 9 Baylor, No. 27 Pepperdine, No. 15 Oklahoma and No. 33 North Carolina will move on.
2017 NCAA Stanford Regional – May 15-17, 2017
Stanford Golf Course
Place
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
T22
CJ Lee
67
71
75
213
+3
T26
Peter Kuest
72
69
73
214
+4
T33
Spencer Dunaway
72
70
73
215
+5
T38
Patrick Fishburn
67
72
77
216
+6
T53
Rhett Rasmussen
75
73
71
219
+9
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
T1
No. 4 Stanford
271
278
274
823
-17
T1
No. 9 Baylor
277
265
281
823
-17
3
No. 27 Pepperdine
281
274
280
835
-5
4
No. 15 Oklahoma
280
277
280
837
-3
5
No. 33 North Carolina
288
278
277
843
+3
6
No. 21 Georgia Tech
287
273
284
844
+4
7
No. 41 North Florida
279
281
285
845
+5
8
No. 45 BYU
278
282
292
852
+12
9
Ohio State
288
294
284
866
+26
10
Houston
281
285
301
867
+27
11
UC Santa Barbara
296
290
288
874
+34
12
Sacramento State
300
290
298
888
+48
13
South Dakota State
301
289
309
899
+59